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Thursday, January 19, 2023 |
Lima (Callao), Peru |
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Lima, although a sprawling desert city, is the capital and largest city of Peru. The Historic centre of Lima is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to its large number of historical buildings dating from the Spanish colonial era. In particular, visit the Plaza Mayor with the 16th century Cathedral and the Presidential Palace. Read more about Lima (Callao), Peru
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Friday, January 20, 2023 |
Islas Ballestas, Peru |
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8:00 AM |
The Islas Ballestas are a group of small islands in the Pacific Ocean, 8 km off shore from Peru. The islands are nicknamed “The Poor Man´s Galapagos”. The nearest mainland port is Paracas, 18 km distant. Read more about Islas Ballestas, Peru
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Friday, January 20, 2023 |
Pisco (San Martin), Peru |
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6:00 PM |
Pisco lies on the Pacific coast of Peru, 200 km south of the capital Lima. The small city is a gateway to the ruins of Machu Picchu, 500 km due east high in the Andes. Pisco is served by the port of San Martin which is 35 km out of town on the Paracas Peninsula. Read more about Pisco (San Martin), Peru
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Saturday, January 21, 2023 |
At Sea |
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Sunday, January 22, 2023 |
Punta Islay |
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Sunday, January 22, 2023 |
Matarani, Peru |
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6:00 PM |
Matarani is a major port on the south coast of Peru. The port is an important element of the current plan between the governments of Peru and Brazil to integrate an Atlantic-Pacific corridor between the two nations. This route will give Brazil access to the Pacific without going through the Panama Canal. Read more about Matarani, Peru
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Monday, January 23, 2023 |
Iquique, Chile |
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5:00 PM |
Iquique is a city in northern Chile, capital of Tarapacá Region, on the Pacific coast. It is located on a rocky peninsula in the rainless Atacama Desert with its unbelievable landscape that has a lagoon in the middle of the driest desert in the world, and overlooks the Pacific Ocean. You can find beautiful topography in the Isluga Volcano National Park, with high mountains and attractions like native flora, geysers, lagoons and rivers. Read more about Iquique, Chile
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Tuesday, January 24, 2023 |
Antofagasta, Chile |
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11:00 PM |
Antofagasta is a port city in northern Chile, about 1,130 km north of Santiago. The last decade has seen a steady growth in the areas of construction, retail, hotel accommodations, population growth, and remarkable skyline development, mainly due to becoming a major mining centre. However, with its 20 km of beachfront and mild, dry climate it has also developed as a year-round beach resort. Read more about Antofagasta, Chile
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Wednesday, January 25, 2023 |
Isla Pan de Azucar Chile, Chile |
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6:00 PM |
Isla Pan de Azúcar (Spanish ‘Sugarloaf Island’), is located 900m off shore from the Pan de Azúcar National Park in Chile. The Chilean coastline has very low rainfall and little green vegetation. It is part of the Park, and if you land on one of the mainland beaches you’ll see more than 20 species of cacti, and recreational beach shelters accessible to visitors who come off the nearby Chile Route 5 highway (part of the Pan-American Highway). Read more about Isla Pan de Azucar Chile, Chile
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Thursday, January 26, 2023 |
At Sea |
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Friday, January 27, 2023 |
San Antonio, Chile |
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5:00 PM |
San Antonio, Chile, is a Pacific port 63 km south of the port of Valparaiso. San Antonio is the largest freight handling port on the western coast of South America. The city lies on hills and coastal dunes north of the mouth of the Maipo River. Read more about San Antonio, Chile
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Saturday, January 28, 2023 |
At Sea |
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Sunday, January 29, 2023 |
Scenic Cruising Relo |
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Sunday, January 29, 2023 |
Puerto Montt, Chile |
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8:00 PM |
Puerto Montt is a fast growing city in the south of Chile, just north of Chiloe Island. At the southern end of the Pan American highway in Chile, Puerto Montt is not only the end of the road, but the beginning of the fabled land of fjords, canals, islands, and the snow-capped mountains of the Andes. Fertile agricultural fields and green forested hills also add to the enchantment of Southern Chile. Read more about Puerto Montt, Chile
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Monday, January 30, 2023 |
Scenic Cruising Gulf |
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Monday, January 30, 2023 |
Castro, Chile |
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3:00 PM |
Castro, situated on the east coast of Chiloe Island, sits on a bluff above its sheltered estuary and is the capital of the Chiloe Archipelago, in Chile. Castro is famous for its brightly painted traditional wooden stilt houses, so the greatest single attraction is simply walking down the streets and around the central Plaza de Armas. With its well-kept park that is surrounded by many shops and restaurants, it presents a great opportunity to absorb the local culture. Read more about Castro, Chile
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Tuesday, January 31, 2023 |
Chilean Fjords, Chile |
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Strikingly rich in natural and historical attractions, the narrow fjords on the west coast of Chile penetrate deeply into the mountains of the Bernardo O'Higgins National Park, a major part of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. This is the largest of the protected areas in Chile, and with no large rivers in the area the fjords drain water from outlet glaciers of the ice-capped, storm-swept elevations. It is a large area of uninhabited islands, deep sounds, breathtaking glaciers, and narrow passages. Read more about Chilean Fjords, Chile
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Wednesday, February 1, 2023 |
Cruising Sarmiento C |
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Wednesday, February 1, 2023 |
Scenic Cruising El B |
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Thursday, February 2, 2023 |
Punta Arenas, Chile |
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9:00 PM |
Punta Arenas, overlooking the Strait of Magellan in southern Patagonia, Chile, bustles with windswept trekkers en route to glacier-filled Torres del Paine National Park or an Antarctic cruise. Before leaving, be sure to take note of the mansion-lined main square, Plaza Muñoz Gamero where local vendors sell homemade crafts, the City Cemetery with its elaborate tombs, the Sara Braun Palace, and Braun Menendez Residence that presents great insight of the city's wealthy pioneer past. The city is also home to the former British Navy base and early Spanish colony of Puerto Hambre, and a popular ski centre that overlooks the Strait of Magellan. Read more about Punta Arenas, Chile
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Thursday, February 2, 2023 |
Strait Of Magellan, Chile |
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The Strait of Magellan, positioned along the southern edges of Chile, is the most important natural passage between the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans. Indeed until the Panama Canal was finished in 1914, the Strait of Magellan was the only safe way to complete a circumnavigation of the world. Protected by the Tierra del Fuego to the south and the bulk of South America to the north, ships crossed in relative ease. Read more about Strait Of Magellan, Chile
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Friday, February 3, 2023 |
At Sea |
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Saturday, February 4, 2023 |
At Sea |
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Sunday, February 5, 2023 |
Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica |
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6:00 PM |
The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica, the top one third (650km) actually lying north of the Antarctic Circle. It includes numerous islands and connecting ice sheets that reach to within 1000 km of the southernmost tips of Chile and Argentina. The northern part of the peninsula in known as Graham Land, the southern half Palmer Land. Read more about Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
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Monday, February 6, 2023 |
Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica |
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6:00 PM |
The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica, the top one third (650km) actually lying north of the Antarctic Circle. It includes numerous islands and connecting ice sheets that reach to within 1000 km of the southernmost tips of Chile and Argentina. The northern part of the peninsula in known as Graham Land, the southern half Palmer Land. Read more about Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
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Tuesday, February 7, 2023 |
Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica |
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6:00 PM |
The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica, the top one third (650km) actually lying north of the Antarctic Circle. It includes numerous islands and connecting ice sheets that reach to within 1000 km of the southernmost tips of Chile and Argentina. The northern part of the peninsula in known as Graham Land, the southern half Palmer Land. Read more about Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
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Wednesday, February 8, 2023 |
Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica |
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6:00 PM |
The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica, the top one third (650km) actually lying north of the Antarctic Circle. It includes numerous islands and connecting ice sheets that reach to within 1000 km of the southernmost tips of Chile and Argentina. The northern part of the peninsula in known as Graham Land, the southern half Palmer Land. Read more about Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
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Thursday, February 9, 2023 |
Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica |
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6:00 PM |
The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica, the top one third (650km) actually lying north of the Antarctic Circle. It includes numerous islands and connecting ice sheets that reach to within 1000 km of the southernmost tips of Chile and Argentina. The northern part of the peninsula in known as Graham Land, the southern half Palmer Land. Read more about Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
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Friday, February 10, 2023 |
At Sea |
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Saturday, February 11, 2023 |
At Sea |
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Sunday, February 12, 2023 |
South Georgia, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
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Monday, February 13, 2023 |
South Georgia, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
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Tuesday, February 14, 2023 |
At Sea |
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Wednesday, February 15, 2023 |
At Sea |
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Thursday, February 16, 2023 |
Port Stanley, Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
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5:00 PM |
Port Stanley is the capital and only town in the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas). It is located on the isle of East Falkland, on a north-facing slope, south of Stanley Harbour, in one of the wettest parts of the islands. It is very easy to see most of the islands’ worthwhile sites on a short walking tour. Read more about Port Stanley, Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
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Friday, February 17, 2023 |
New Island, Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
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3:00 PM |
New Island is one of the southwesterly island of the Falklands, and the most remote of all the inhabited islands in the archipelago. The landscape of New Island is much like that of parts of Scotland. The hilly island is wind-swept and covered with high brown grass and peat bogs. Read more about New Island, Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
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Saturday, February 18, 2023 |
At Sea |
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Sunday, February 19, 2023 |
At Sea |
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Monday, February 20, 2023 |
Montevideo, Uruguay |
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8:00 PM |
Montevideo is the largest city, capital, and chief port of Uruguay. Situated on the River Plate (Silver River), it is also home to almost half of the nation's population, and subsequently is a modern metropolis, though with a fascinating historical old town dating back to colonial times. Described as a vibrant, eclectic place with a rich cultural life, it is the hub of commerce. Read more about Montevideo, Uruguay
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Tuesday, February 21, 2023 |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina, located on the eastern shore of the Rio de la Plata, on the SE coast of South America. The birthplace of the tango, the city is as bustling with energy as the dance itself. Stroll neighbourhoods with romantic restaurants, past its architecture and parks. Read more about Buenos Aires, Argentina
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